BROWSING: WAN

Kyndryl integrates Cloudflare to optimise and secure global enterprise networks

New York based system integrator Kyndryl is working with “connectivity cloud” company Cloudflare to “design, build, manage, and modernize” enterprise networking systems for global clients. Ther pair have expanded a relationship, started a year ago, to bring managed wide-area network (WAN) as-a-service and zero...

Cradlepoint locks down wireless WANs with Zero Trust Network Access

ZTNA joins Secure Connect and SD-WAN features, available through Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Exchange Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) solution provider Cradlepoint on Wednesday announced the addition of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to its NetCloud Exchange (NCX) suite. This marks the third cybersecurity enhancement to NCX,...

Cradlepoint introduces 5G-optimized SD-WAN

NetCloud Exchange’s 5G optimizations will help enterprises with network slicing and SA deployments, said the company Cradlepoint on Wednesday announced that its NetCloud Exchange Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) solution is now optimized for 5G networks. The new solution will help enterprises with network slicing...

What is Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)?

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) has emerged out of necessity to respond to changes in enterprise security, forced by cloud adoption.

Aryaka, 8×8 Inc. to enhance cloud communication across the WAN

An Aryaka report indicated that improved cloud capabilities across the WAN is critical Aryaka has teamed up with integrated cloud communications platform 8x8, Inc. to extend the platform’s performance across Aryaka’s managed SD-WAN service, enabling enhanced cloud communications performance across the WAN for improved employee productivity and...

The evolution of enterprise network connectivity: Here’s what the future holds (Reader Forum)

The demands placed on today’s networks are higher than ever as employees now access an ever-increasing number of cloud-based and IoT applications. In fact, as more traffic travels over the public internet, the requirements of enterprise networks extend beyond 24x7 reliability to networks that...

The underlay network: Abstracting the complexity with SD-WAN 2.0 (Reader Forum)

The benefits of SD-WAN for enterprise networks are now well understood. By creating a managed overlay network with centralized control, enterprises have transformed their WAN into an intelligent and automated construct that increases scalability, service agility, and decreases operational complexity and cost. Enterprises are...

IoT enablement a key feature for enterprise WAN

  Security and simplicity drive enterprise investment in the IoT Although complexity and security have slowed adoption, taking advantage of the money-saving benefits enabled by the Internet of Things is top-of-mind for enterprise decision-makers. With the pending commercialization of standards-based 5G networks, support for secure, massively-scaled...

Cisco pushes intent-based networking initiative with new tools

Cisco unveils SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight Cisco advanced its intent-based networking initiative with two new products, SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight, which reportedly bring insight and visibility into the wide-area network (WAN). Intent-based networking involves determining how a network behaves by choosing and applying policies...

Cradlepoint NetCloud Solution Package subscription model targets branch offices

Cradlepoint announces new subscription-based solution pricing model Moving forward with its Elastic Edge strategy, Cradlepoint announced a new subscription-based solution pricing model for software and cloud-based wireless wide-area networks (WANs). Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Solution Packages serve as a basis for the new model. Cradlepoint offers an Elastic...

Moving your network to the cloud? SD-WAN can help (Reader Forum)

Enterprises are adopting cloud-based services at an astounding rate. The numbers tell a story of explosive industry growth — Amazon Web Services recently reported $4.6 billion in revenue, up from $3.2 billion last year. Microsoft’s cloud business exceeded the company's goal of $20 billion...

Will edge computing weed out the cloud?

The rise of the IoT IoT devices have given birth to a tremendous amount of information, changing the way data is uploaded and shared. Traditionally, the cloud has played a pivotal role in managing the data churned by IoT devices. However, as the distance between...

Cradlepoint Webinar: Demystifying 5G: How it Will Change Your Enterprise Network

The introduction of 4G LTE seven years ago caused a tipping point where wireless connections, now faster than wires, became a legitimate enterprise-grade WAN source. Since then, enterprises have leveraged this technology to make money, save money, and create competitive advantages for themselves. 5G promises exponential improvements to...

Reader Forum: The business advantages of LoRaWAN for IoT

We’ve read the projections, and analyzed the statistics, and by all measures they are remarkable: In 2008, there were already more "things" connected to the internet than people; by 2020 the internet of things (IoT) will produce $19 trillion in profits and cost savings;...

Verizon taps SDN, NFV plans for enterprise-focused Virtual Network Service

Verizon Enterprise Solutions unveiled its Virtual Network Service platform targeting SDN and NFV technology for an ‘as-a-service’ model Verizon Communications’ Enterprise Solutions division launched its Virtual Network Service in its latest move to further its software-defined networking and network functions virtualization technology plans. The telecom operator said the...

SDWAN and NFV customization

SDWAN and NFV customization targeting enterprise customers Enterprise markets remain a significant target for telecom operators as organizations typically include a large number of very loyal customers ... and bills are more often paid on time. One potential downside in targeting the enterprise space are...

Telefónica partners with NetCracker, NEC on automation PoC

PoC combines NFV and SDN from NetCracker and NEC to power Telefónica WAN portfolio Proof of concepts continue to dominate the world of network functions virtualization and software-defined networking, with NEC, its NetCracker Technology division and Telefónica Business Solutions claiming the successful completion of a...

One Size Does Not Fit All for IoT

The mobile industry is betting big on the Internet of Things. Mobile network operators are looking to IoT to fuel their subscriber and revenue growth for many years to come. But since there aren’t many “people” out there who aren’t already connected, the next...

Reader Forum: LAN, MAN and WAN – what’s the difference?

According to data from Cisco, global IP traffic will hit the zettabyte-per-year mark by 2016, and increase another 60% by 2018. What's more, the number of devices connected to networks is predicted to almost double the world's population in the same time frame. The...

Brazil’s Oi embraces managed services, predicts $100M in revenues

There is no going back when telecom operators move to become integrators of information and communication technology (ICT) , since carriers are seeking ways to avoid becoming just dumb pipe. "They aim to increase revenue through ICT by adding services to their business-to-business (B2B)...

Tawainese operator to deploy ALU transport solution

Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecommunications operator in Taiwan, selected Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) to upgrade its network to handle the country's increased demand for high-bandwidth mobile services. Alcatel-Lucent will provide its Packet Transport Network solution to replace Chunghwa Telecom's existing transport network, which is...

People working more, but happier about it, iPass survey finds

“The mobile workforce is now working 24x7,” according to a new report on enterprise mobility trends and mobile usage from iPass. While that initially may seem like a negative thing, iPass said its quarterly report is showing that people are working when and...

Cisco Delivers Innovative Compact Routers to Enable Vending Machines, Vehicles and Medical Equipment to Join the ‘Internet of Things'

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aug 23, 2011 – Illustrating its unique ability to create business opportunities for customers in even the most nontraditional of networking environments, and delivering on its vision for the "Internet of Things", Cisco today announced the latest addition to its...

Devices, enterprise drive Huawei's first-half revenues

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said its revenues grew 11% in the first half of the year, to $15.38 billion, while operating profit reached $1.94 billion. The privately held Chinese company released the information in a press release, but did not release overall profit figures.The...